I tried Wilson NG in the mains with Black Magic 17 in the crosses at 53/49 for the last 2 days. The string bed is much stiffer and than co-focus 18 at the same tension. Spin and power are also greatly reduced. However, I must admit that I do like the feel. Also, I am experiencing pain in the forearm from this setup. Either I need to reduce the tension or move on.

I haven't tried a lot of gut/poly hybrids, but crossing with Signum Pro Poly Plasma Pure works well for me. It maintains tension well and doesn't go dead quickly. Spin is very good. I strung about 4 lbs looser than the gut.

Soft and powerful, without being "mushy" or uncontrollable; for me it is the best cross if you still want as much of that great pocketing feel of gut as possible, along with the better control and spin that comes with poly. It seems like the slight bit of prolonged dwell time allows for high levels of spin and touch.

Soft and powerful, without being "mushy" or uncontrollable; for me it is the best cross if you still want as much of that great pocketing feel of gut as possible, along with the better control and spin that comes with poly. It seems like the slight bit of prolonged dwell time allows for high levels of spin and touch.

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I have a set of Mosquito bite on order from TW. Hoping that this will be the end of my experimentation. I'm hoping it doesn't hurt my arm like Black Magic and holds tension better than co-focus.

I would just use Wilson gut full bed and string as tight as you're ok with.

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Yep. Everyone wants to try and find the silver bullet by using a hybrid. I tried as well but at the end of the day a full bed of gut is the best set up. For me anyway. I never have to worry about tension loss and I am amazed how long Tonic lasts in my racket before breaking. For this reason its really not anymore expensive than restringing a hybrid every two weeks because the poly goes dead. Can you hit with as much spin? No but this setup fits my serve and volley game just fine. I am a former 5.0 college player who now plays 4.5 due to age. (48)

Yep. Everyone wants to try and find the silver bullet by using a hybrid. I tried as well but at the end of the day a full bed of gut is the best set up. For me anyway. I never have to worry about tension loss and I am amazed how long Tonic lasts in my racket before breaking. For this reason its really not anymore expensive than restringing a hybrid every two weeks because the poly goes dead. Can you hit with as much spin? No but this setup fits my serve and volley game just fine. I am a former 5.0 college player who now plays 4.5 due to age. (48)

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I would agree that full gut is probably the best setup for a S&V game. If you are a baselined and want the spin, a hybrid is probably the way to go.

Tried Big Ace Revo as a cross with Wilson NG. Soft feeling string with quite a bit of power (maybe too much at the tension I'm at 51/48). No arm issues though. I'm curious to see if the strings dramatically drop tension.

Soft and powerful, without being "mushy" or uncontrollable; for me it is the best cross if you still want as much of that great pocketing feel of gut as possible, along with the better control and spin that comes with poly. It seems like the slight bit of prolonged dwell time allows for high levels of spin and touch.